Like Mr. Brown ,I have certain ink colors I prefer. Drew Brown; brown ink. James Paterson, red hair...red ink color. Thank you for your websites!!! I love the Diamine Syrah ink color. It is a deep dark burgundy color. With alot of intencity. The photos I show... Are with a Diamine Duragraph w/ a broad nib and a Moonman New Moon pen w/ aMoonman nib. Very wet, slow dry with the broad nib although quick dry (5sec) with the moonman nib. F? Ef? I prefer a fine or ef nib. I've got stuff to learn with a broader nib. I have a flex nibb in my entourage of pens and one flex on the way.. Good talk, James

If you really want this ink to pop use ivory or cream colored paper. You won't be disappointed. Like most Diamine inks it's well-behaved.

The ink has become a real favorite and I’m so very glad to find it in larger bottles!!! But then, Goulet Pens came along and made sure that I got my purchase in a reasonable amount of time, in good order, and at a fair price!

Diamine Syrah is a beautiful purply red color. The ink is smooth writing and wet.

I'm a fan of Diamine Oxblood and wanted a similar performing but slightly more burgundy color-this checks all the boxes for me. These inks are such a great value!

It was a much lighter shade than anticipated and that was a bit disappointing.

No bad experiences with Diamine as of yet and Syrah does not disappoint. Its a rich dark red color. It does not pop on the paper, but adds personality with a smooth shade. I've had people describe the color as red wine which seems accurate to me as well.

This ink is terrific, I also got Ancient Copper, and Marine, All the Diamine inks have been fabulous.

I bought both Syrah and Oxblood at the same time. It was a toss-up which to keep my Lamy-AL-Star-Purple pen inked up with. The both flow and look great although not particularly water resistant. I really like the dark reds and reddish purple color inks.

I haven't used yet. I have been checking out several colors on line and this is my favorite so far! I like the deep dark saturated colors like this this deep red and the deep greens and blues. New to this but have found the Diamine and the Monteverde to be my favorites for colors

I was running out of Ox Blood and decided to try the Syrah. The price value is great, and no disappointments with the color. Maybe it's because I use EF nibs, but the color difference between this and Ox Blood is almost indistinguishable. It doesn't seem to be lubricated, which I prefer, so writing on less quality paper doesn't produce (for me) wider lines or any bleeding, as I've experienced with some other inks. Definitely has become one of my go to inks.. Love it.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS INK. THE COLOR IS AWESOME AND DRYING TIME IS OKAY. CANT WAIT TO TRY MORE INKS

Pleased with the ink and the experience

Syrah is exactly the wine color I was looking for, leaning neither too far to the red or the purple. Nicely saturated, and it flows as smoothly as all Diamines. This will be in daily use. It makes my eyes happy.

It is a wonderful color and looks great on paper. In the bottle it will fool you into thinking it is darker than it is, but writing with it is a joy, if you like reds.

I use this ink in my Pilot Metropolitan with a medium nib, and I'm so happy with it. I use it every single day for taking notes in class and doing homework. I'm left handed, so drying time is important, and this ink dries quite quickly. Overall, it's a beautiful ink!

I'm a professional artist and a dedicated journalist. I have kept a journal since 1989. They are always the common spiral bound school notebooks, 180-200 pagers, college ruled. Until a couple of months ago, I used nothing but black in all my pens. But when I tackled a creative writing project, I realized I needed some red for editing and another color for revisions. After using both in my journal, I decided to try another color and after talking to Brian, decided to try Syrah on his recommendation.Syrah isn't what I consider to be a wine burgandy color. When a nib is a bit dry, the ink looks like a deep red-brown, and after a nib becomes wet, the color develops more magenta in the shade while still retaining the brown less intently.Compared to Waterman Panama blue, the only color I ever used sporadically in my journals, Syrah is very similar in saturation and shade, but it shades more than the blue. I found the color to be sufficiently intense for me- I don't like pale inks- but it's easier on my eyes than either blue or black, and it has a friendliness to the color that the blue lacks. I found it doesn't soak through the paper I use, which varies a lot, is fast drying, and is very free flowing, especially good for some of my old pens which tend to choke and run dry. As a pen runs out, the ink definitely takes on a more magenta hue, which is agood indicator that a refill is needed. In my wetter pens, I find very little feathering, and the color is more uniformly dark, but a stroke always has some shading, which keeps the color interesting. I like it more and more as I use it. While I still alternate with black in my writing, I find the colors to fit each other well, an added bonus for me. It's a distinctive and pleasant color and a fine ink.

After a lifetime of using cornerstore-brand blue-black ink, I decided to step up and get my first pot of next-level ink, and heck if I'm ever going back to any shade of dark blue ever again. This ink is absolutely beautiful, and crushed my initial concern that it would come out a light pink out of my ultra-fine nibs. It holds its dark richness very well, and flows fantastically. It is a very liquid-y ink though, and feathers on a lot of kinds of paper if you tend to write slowly or with thicker nibs, so not the most practical ink for some people.

...between Red Dragon and Oxblood. Red Dragon is really dark red, Oxblood has brownish undertones, and Syrah has bluish undertones. Lovely shading & a well-behaved ink.

A beautiful, deep, wine-colored red. Behaves as well as you'd expect of a Diamine ink, across a range of nibs (though I love it best with a Goulet 1.1 stub). Not the least bit dry. Good flow at any writing speed. No feathering, even on the worst paper. Enough shading to be interesting. Not terribly water resistant, but that's a non-issue for my uses. Will join my Red Dragon and Oxblood rotation.

Probably my favorite red this is the second bottle I have ordered and tend to use it exclusively in my red pens, Just loaded some into a vintage Sonnecken 104 red marble that came in from Switzerland today. It has a wonderful flex nib that lets the ink show from a bright to a deep red/burgundy color

I'm relatively new to the fountain pen community, and this was the first bottle of ink I purchased. My first sample order included Noodler's Black, Diamine Sherwood Green, and Diamine Syrah. This color is easy on the eyes, warm, and beautiful. I ended up purchasing a Lamy Al-Star (EF) to pair with this ink and it has become my daily writer for relatively intensive note taking. It dries quickly and there is no bleed through on the regular loose leaf paper that I keep in my binder.Would highly recommend!

I recently purchased from the Goulet Company for the first time for myself and I was impressed with the quality of my products and especially the consistency between the ink color described and what I received. I would recommend this color to anyone looking for a rich plum-red that still looks professional without feeling too staid. Of course, I'd recommend that anyone looking for any fountain ink/pen product look no further than Goulet Pens.

Wanted something to use to take notes for my work (insurance consulting) and just getting back to using fountain pens. Haven't tried it in more than two pens, but it seems to be a bit on the dry side, but that could just be my pens. (A Waterman Edson in Fine nib and a Caran D'Ache in Medium nib).

This ink is very appropriately named. It dries fast, no bleeding, no bleed-through and modest shading. I think it is a bit too purpley for business use. A good color for personal notes and greeting cards. For my taste, Diamine Oxblood is similar, but much more versatile.

smooth, rich. I used with my go to C-4 dip pen and I really like this ink. The red if deep and rich, like wine!

This ink is one of the most gorgeous colours I have ever written with. I will be getting a bottle of it soon

Lovely colour, though suspect I'm allergic. I plan to get another sample to make sure it wasn't anything else that was irritating my nose. Update: not allergic to this ink. And now regret not buying this bottle rather than Diamine Oxblood. Good thing one can get samples here.

I purchased this ink primarily for the color. The ink itself flows smoothly in my Safari fine point, but the color is flat and one-dimensional, not as vibrant and distinctive as I had hoped. This is a fine everyday ink, however, and could work in a business application.